so frusrated

i took the basics of knitting last night (this post was going to be done after the class to say all the positive things i had learned post being done today because i need to get a level head) but that didnt happen

i get to the class thinking "this is going to be easy like crocheting" YEA RIGHT i could not get it to save my life


i can cast on as you can see in the picture (sorry its so bad)

the teacher showed me several times what to do after this but for whatever reason i could not get it at all i sat thee for 2 hours frustrated almost in tears (i still want to cry out of frustration) since i signed up for the second class & the teacher is a wonderful person she told me to practice at home come to the next class & she will help me more with getting how to do this the nest class is monday

can you guess what i will be doing all weekend?

anyone want to come & help me this weekend?

i also read my book for the month it was a short one called christmas rose (i dont have it near me so im not sure who the authors are there are two) it is about a girl who lives behind a nursing home that her mother works in & is a single parent & the friendships & life lessons this girl learns

i enjoyed it

here is a teaser i guess

yesterday i posted about doing a border for the blanket im making for my sister she has seen part of the blanket not the border that is a superise i have been working on the boarder today & wanted to share what i have done


so here is the pile i have gotten done i need a million more to finish plus i have two more things to do to them beforw they go on the blanket

the boarder is going around this & it is big

going ons with some goals

i said that i would read one book a month om not sure if i read one a month or not i read a book then go on to the next with out paying attention to the time so there ya go i was going to start reading the hunger games but couldnt get my hands on it so i started the percy jackson & the olympians instead i just now like 3 minutes ago finished the second book in that series im loving it i loved how the second book ended cant wait to start the next book

as you al know i took some crocheting classes i finished making a granny square throw blanket for my younger sister i bought a pattern book for decorative borders im going to put a border on this blanket i personally love the border however it scares me because im still not used to reading a pattern so im hoping really hard it turns out good when im done with it & my sister has the blanket in her hands i will post a picture of it she knows what the blanket looks like but doesnt know what the border is going to be i want that to be a surprise im excited to see how it turns out

one week has gone by

wowza i cant believe its been one week already i have been busy with work & my project im making & a small road trip to my sister & her family that i havent really thought about bogging what i have been doing.

a couple weeks a go i learned how to make granny squares i also have a pattern to make a granny square throw blanket which i like because i dont have to attach alot of squares together which i like the little granny squares attached as a big blanket

i decided that since my sister has inspired me to learn more crocheting stitches & to learn how to read a pattern i would make her a blanket with what i have recently learned ie granny squares i started off making a bunch of squares to attach to make a blanket the colors chosen are purple green & black the shades of purpe & green are the halloween shades well i got a good chunk of squares done when for some odd reson i changed my mind & started the granny square throw blanket im still not sure why i did but i did & im sticking to that decision

so i start it sometime this week my sister knows she is getting this blanket & what it looks like i went to see her last night (she ran the st. george marathon this morning she is awesome & so is her family) i got on the subject of the blanket & i wasnt to happy with it she put me in my place which was needed so thank you for doing that at that time it was just an over sized square every time i looked at it i would think what am i thinking this is never going to look like a blanket its just going to be one huge over sized square it never seemed to be getting significantly bigger till today i did 3 rounds which isnt alot but it made a difference i have been working on it for a few more hours now (it is a very tedious time consuming blanket) it is looking more like a blanket then an over sized square it got me thinking i always do this (i have known the single crochet for years now) every time i make a blanket i look at it & think this is never going to get bigger that throws me into would if i dont make it the right size or they dont like it just a bunch of useless worry probably for nothing then after a while when i do look at the blanket good it has gotten huge & i dont worry to much after that

after a break from the blanket for my sister im not as worried as i was im learning slowly but surely that if i like what i make than im sure the person receiving it will like it too

finished projects

i finished the pansy scarf yesterday morning (i started the scarf on wendsday)

here are the flowers close up

remember this ball from a couple posts ago?

i ended up making a blanket at the time i started i didnt know how to do anything else

before i finished i had taken the crocheting classes so around the edges i did a double crotchet stitch & made corners normally i would just do the single crochet stitch around & the corners would be round now that i know how to make squares i made these corners square instead of round

granny squares

tonight i took the last croutheting class i sighned up for i think o was most excited for this class i have always loved granny squares & squers that are simalar im so glad i toom it

at first i was frustrayed becuse i wasnt underdstanding what the pattern said & how to actually do it after awhile i got it thank heavens i used blak & purple i made two squares the are opposite of each other then i sewed them together when i was getting ready to leave the woman in there who was knitting said mine looked like halloween they are good colors for halloween im going to make a blanket useing granny squares i will post a picture of the finished product when its done & that will be a while

i need to finish my scarf i started yesterday & another blanket both of those shouldnt take me very long to finish

what i learned in my crotheting class

i took my second crotheting class tonight it was fun i learned how to read a pattern YAY ME IM SO EXCITED I LEARNED HOW TO READ A PATTERN FINALLY last week we asked the teacher about the supplies list we got she said that we could use the hook we had been given last week & if we had extra yarn we could use that & that is the same for tomarrow thanks to my sister lindsay i have tons of yarn & i used some tonight & will be useing more tomorrow as will one other girl in the class thanks lindsay

here are the colors i choose green & purple

here are the first things we learned how to make tonight they are leafs

here are the pansies we made they are in three different peices each flower & as of right now they arent put together & wont be till im done with everything

here is the last part we did it is the begining of the scarf when all is said & done it will be a pansy scarf

it took me 2 1/2 hours to do everything in these pictures i went in thinking it wont be that hard or time consuming boy was i wrong it wasnt hard but it is time consuming i have to make like six pansies & three leafs for each flower finish the sarf then sew it all together im excited to see the finished project & yes i will finish it soon